How do we direct the hadith of the card, and does the prayer fall under it?
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The questioner : The hadith of the man with the card...
The Shaykh : And he?
The questioner : He never did any good... There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes. So, what is in it?
The questioner : ... The prayer, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes, the prayer is not mentioned here; the prayer is not mentioned here. So perhaps this man’s affirmation that there is no god but Allah necessitated that he pray, and the many records in these scrolls contain sins
but they are not disbelief. And if the prayer is not mentioned, these texts are taken as general, and the texts regarding the prayer are taken as specific, and this is a case of specifying the general.
The questioner : Does this hadith become a special case?
The Shaykh : No, it is a special case, because the prayer is not mentioned here. Also, Allah takes out of the Fire whoever never did any good. He did not say whoever did not pray. We say: whoever did not do any good except the prayer.
The reader: "And we believe in the great intercession of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) specifically, that he will intercede with Allah the Exalted by His permission to judge between His servants when they are afflicted with anxiety and distress that they cannot bear. They will go to Adam, then Noah, then Abraham, then Moses, then Jesus, until it ends with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). And we believe in the intercession for those who enter the Fire from among the believers so that they may be brought out of it, and it is for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and others among the prophets, the believers, and the angels. And that Allah the Exalted will take out of the Fire groups of believers without intercession, but by His grace and mercy."
The Shaykh : And he?
The questioner : He never did any good... There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes. So, what is in it?
The questioner : ... The prayer, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes, the prayer is not mentioned here; the prayer is not mentioned here. So perhaps this man’s affirmation that there is no god but Allah necessitated that he pray, and the many records in these scrolls contain sins
but they are not disbelief. And if the prayer is not mentioned, these texts are taken as general, and the texts regarding the prayer are taken as specific, and this is a case of specifying the general.
The questioner : Does this hadith become a special case?
The Shaykh : No, it is a special case, because the prayer is not mentioned here. Also, Allah takes out of the Fire whoever never did any good. He did not say whoever did not pray. We say: whoever did not do any good except the prayer.
The reader: "And we believe in the great intercession of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) specifically, that he will intercede with Allah the Exalted by His permission to judge between His servants when they are afflicted with anxiety and distress that they cannot bear. They will go to Adam, then Noah, then Abraham, then Moses, then Jesus, until it ends with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). And we believe in the intercession for those who enter the Fire from among the believers so that they may be brought out of it, and it is for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and others among the prophets, the believers, and the angels. And that Allah the Exalted will take out of the Fire groups of believers without intercession, but by His grace and mercy."